Food mixer



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE viii Manufacturing Company,

Waterbury,

Conn. a corporation of Connecticut Application April 5. 1937, Serial No. 135,021 2 ommi. (01. 250-131 This invention relates to motor drivenfood mixers and more particularly to an improved agitator assembly for food mixers.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a guard for the rotatable beaters, which will minimize the likelihood of unintended contact betweenth'e revolving heaters and a spoon or other kitchen tool. v 1 Another object is to provide aguard and rotatable beaters so arranged relatively to the power unit and support that, any object, such as a spoon or spatula, which may come into contact 1 with the heaters, will be thrown outwardly and away from the heaters and be prevented from l5 passing between the interdigitating members of the beaters, where such contact would result in injury to themixer.

Another object is to provide a guard eiiicient for its intended purpose. which will not detract from the emciency of the heaters by interfering terials occupying a shallow space in the bottom of a mixing bowl.

' In the preferred embodiment, the guard also serves as part of the frame whereby a pair of heaters are held in assembled relation, to be attached to and detached from the machine as a unit, but the invention may be applied to a mixer provided with separate beaters.

In the drawings: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an agitator as sembly embodying myinvention. I

- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 8 is a bottom view" of theagltator as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 isa side elevation of a motor driven food mixer embodying the invention, the mixing bowl being shown in section. I

In that embodiment of the invention which I have chosen to illustrate in the drawings, a horizontally disposed 'base is indicated at It, an upright socket, integral with thebase, at |i,.a pivotally mounted arm at i2, and "a motor driven =food mixer li detachably mounted on said arm l2. The food mixer comprises-a motor I, carryu. ing a gear casing inane-a. detachable'agitator or beater unit it. in mixing bowl n rests on a rotatable plate IS on the base 10.

The agitator unit It comprises apair of ver- 7 tical beater shafts i8, i9, provided with squared ends 20, 20. The shaftsifl extend loosely and 8 rotatably through a plate 2| and each has fixedly secured to it 'a pair of beater rings 22 elongated vertically so as to provide relatively long, flat side members 23. The rings 22 are also flattened at their bottoms 24, providing maximum eiliciency 10 when the beaters operate in materials occupying a shallow space in the bowl. The lower ends of said shafts are connected in spaced apart position by a flat L-shaped member 25 consisting of two arms at right angles to each other, each arm. 16 having a pin 26 extending rotatably through its free end and connecting the lower ends of the shafts it to said arms. Thus the shafts it are held in their intended relative positions while free to rotate about their respective axes. so

A red 21 serves as a guard for the heaters and, in this embodiment, is part of the means for attaching the beater assembly to the power unit of the mixer. The rod 21, in the major part of its lower portion, is substantially parallel with the rings 22, particularly in the part indicated at 22. The lower end 29 is curved, following the contour of the rings 22, and is cut away to provide a fiat end 30 which is rigidly connected to the member 25 at the junction of the arms. Above 30 the perpendicular portion 28, the rod 21 is curved toward the vertical'plane of the shafts it and then extends perpendicularly upwardly as indicated at 31. The part ll of the rod 21 extends through the plate 2| and is rigidly secured to it at 32. The upper end portion 33 fits into the gear casing I! and is retained therein by a plunger or,

hand screw 34.

Preferably a shoulder-Q35 is provided on the part II of the guard rod 21 to guidethe operaa tor in attaching the upper end 23 to the gear casing. The square ends 20 of the beater shafts I! are rotatably engaged by the sockets 30 of the gearcasing, the guard 21 being non-rotatable. I

As shown in Fig. 4, when the beater assembly is attached. to the power unit of the .mixer,

2 revolve away from each other and from the guard until the revolution has progressed beyond the transverse alinement of the shafts, whereupon the rings revolve toward each other and toward the guard from the rear to the initial position.

The operator is most likely to face the front end of the mixer and if she should inadvertently place a spoon or spatula into contact with the heaters, it would be away from the rings 22.

provision of a single guard rod at the set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:-

1. An agitator assembly for a food mixer, comprising a pair of rotatable beater shafts, beater elements on said shafts, a cross, piece connecting the shafts in spaced relation adjacent their upper ends, a guard member comprising a relativelyrigid rod connected to said cross piece and having an intermediate portion of its len h thrown outwardly and I bowed outwardly to extend substantially par,-

,allel with the sides of the beater elements, and

the lower endvof said guard rod being turned inwardly in substantially the plane of the lower ends of said beater elements and having a'tlattened forked end portion connecting the lower ends of said shafts in spaced relation, whereby to provide maximum eificiency when said heater elements must operate in materials occupying a shallow space therearound.

2. A food mixer comprising a base, a power unit, a support for the power unit rising from the base, and an agitator depending from the power unit and detachably connected thereto, said agitator comprising a pair of rotatable beater shafts, beater elements on said shafts, an upper cross piece in which said shafts are rotatably mounted in positions spaced apart laterally of the base, and a single guard member comprising a relatively rigid rod connected to said cross piece and having the lower portion of its length laterally offset to extend substantially parallel with the sides of the beater elements and its lower end turned inwardly in substantially the plane of the lower ends of the beater elements said lower end portion being cut away on its upper side to provide a flat end portion from which angularly spaced flat arm portions connect the lower ends of said shafts in uniform spaced relation. v EMANUEL NIELSEN. 

